High iron sleeve friendly foods?

happyteacher
on 10/5/12 9:25 pm

Ok, I am lookng for suggestions. My iron continues to be low despite 2 daily supplements. I am looking for foods with a decent iron count that is sleeve friendly. I do spinach currently, don't like beef products much. This morning I did some malt o meal- but high calorie and carb, and not much protein. Great for iron though. My fiber one cereal is high in iron, but givien I am eating it with almond milk the calcium I imagine would be blocking it. I do legumes occasionally, but not regularly. Any suggestions?

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Antimony40
on 10/5/12 11:52 pm - VA

VSG on 12/06/12 with

the list I found, the items that are high protein and iron are beef, turkey, and mollosks (clams scallops, etc.)
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/top-10-iron-rich-foods

this one also lists shellfish (lobster, clams)
http://www.livestrong.com/article/240975-foods-high-in-prote in-iron/

in doing this research, I found some yucky stuff (who eats beaver?)

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happyteacher
on 10/6/12 4:23 am

VSG on 12/19/11

ROFLMAO- "who eats beaver..." around these parts that means something totally different! Thanks for the laugh, and the list!

Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!

1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost

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jimbovsg
on 10/6/12 3:03 pm

VSG on 09/01/09

On October 6, 2012 at 11:23 AM Pacific Time, happyteacher wrote:

ROFLMAO- "who eats beaver..." around these parts that means something totally different! Thanks for the laugh, and the list!

Ummm....... *raises hand* Lol! No wonder I'm NOT low in iron!

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theshrinkingmimi
on 10/6/12 1:27 pm

VSG on 06/10/11

jeez. I'm perpetually low in iron. The meds suck and conflict with everything.

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jimbovsg
on 10/6/12 3:01 pm

VSG on 09/01/09

Clams...oysters...pumpkin seeds all are high in iron...organ meats too like liver! Spinach ...not so much...surprisingly....and you need to eat a lot of it to see benefits. You can always opt for supplements?

JIMBO...  350lbs! lost!..... TRIPLE CENTURY CLUB!!  HELL ...YEAH!
MY  VSG......KICKS ASS!

I am   6' 2"

happyteacher
on 10/7/12 8:29 am

VSG on 12/19/11

The only thing on this list I can stomach is the pumpkin seed- no clue they were high. I will track some down- thanks!

Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!

1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost

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Kelly-AnneH
on 10/6/12 3:49 pm - Edmonton, Canada

VSG on 06/26/12

How much are you taking in your supplements?

As to foods, spinach, in spite of its reputation, doesn't contain a lot of useful iron. It DOES contain iron, but besides it being non-heme iron, which doesn't absorb as well as heme iron, it contains calcium and oxilates, which make the iron unavailable. And - you need a whole cup of cooked spinach to get 6-odd mg of iron.

You already know about legumes, and probably about dried apricots (yum), dark chocolate, cream of wheat, dark meat poultry, whole grain bread and molasses. You'll absorb iron more efficiently if you have vitamin c with your iron containing foods, so you could work that angle. But - reality is that we're always going to have issues with the volume of food needed to get a decent amount of iron in. (Where would I put the packed cup of raisins needed to get in 3.1mg of iron? The 2 slices of whole grain bread needed for 1.4 mg?

For your fibre one cereal - adding a few strawberries (vitamin c) will help you absorb the iron, and it's possible that since we don't absorb calcium carbonate (the kind of calcium in almond milk) it won't interfere too much with the iron.

My solution - prenatal gel cap vitamins from WalMart, along with a chewable vitamin c tablet. They have 28mg of iron and Fred doesn't complain about them at all.

Highest 303.4, Surgery 263, Current 217.8, Goal 180

happyteacher
on 10/7/12 8:27 am

VSG on 12/19/11

Holy smokes- there were a few things in your post that I had no clue on. Didn't know vitamin c helped- will start right away. Didn't know the calcium in the almond milk was calcium carbonate- dang, been counting that toward my calcium intake like I would regular milk. Just started adding in cream of wheat- hate starting out with that carb heavy option, but since I added it in I am showing significant gains in the iron. Knew about the bread, but not molasses. Could this be an excuse to eat molasses cookies? Hmmm.... I am allergic to raisins, do chicken, but didn't know about apricots. I will try to add some of that as well.

I do take supplements- 2 multivitamins a day that have iron in it. Still low.

Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!

1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost

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Kelly-AnneH
on 10/7/12 10:31 am, edited 10/8/12 12:09 am - Edmonton, Canada

VSG on 06/26/12

How much iron is in the multis? Most here only have 4mg, so even 2 a day doesn't come near what I need. Since I can't eat red meat, can't fit in sufficiently large servings of greens or legumes and rarely eat eggs, raisins, apricots or shellfish, I really need a good boost in my supplement. The program up here has people using a prenatal multi because they have 27-28 mg iron as well as zinc and good amounts of vitamins, especially the Bs. I found a gel capsule version that Fred seems to like and will see how I do.

Extra bonus of the prenatal multi is I don't need to chow down on a handful of chewables every day now. I take calcium and magnesium citrate at lunch and supper, then the multi, 2 vitamin D chewables, and a vitamin C chewable at bedtime and I'm done! I feel so light and breezy.

Highest 303.4, Surgery 263, Current 217.8, Goal 180

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